Q: Is My MIRAGE Z-128 Pro (TSENG ET6100 based) card compatible with MS DirectX/Direct 3D?
A: The answer is: Yes. Your MIRAGE Z-128 Pro is MS DirctX 5.x and 6.x and its components, Direct3D, DirectDraw and DirectVideo. It also provides hardware support for 3D acceleration, under the Windows 95 and 98 for smooth and speedy Direct3D acceleration.

Power users and Gamoholics!! can add a common dedicated 3D accelerator card to their setup, to maximize their 3D application's performance. However, you need to notice the following:

When using an add-on 3D Accelerator card, 3D acceleration will be usable only when running your games and applications under the Driect3D or OpenGL protocols. In general, You can NOT run games in 3DFX or other proprietary 3D platforms on a fixed frequency monitor, as most add-on cards of such type will install between your primary video card (e.g. your MIRAGE card) and your monitor, using passthrough cables and alter the final video output's refresh rate and frequency to achieve the display environment as required by proprietary formats.

Because of such awkward setup, once the final video signal is out of your MIRAGE card and on its way to your monitor, there is no way for your MIRAGE card to stop the alteration of the frequency by the add-on card. Therefore, your fixed frequency monitor will receive a frequency which has been altered and may cause screen distortions and malfunction on your monitor end.

This is just fixed frequency monitor's limitation and can not be considered as a MIRAGE video card's flaw, as you can setup the same card with an add on 3D accelerator in a MultiSync environment to run Direct3D, OpenGL and even 3DFX games (if supported by your 3D accelerator), with no problem, whatsoever.

*3D protocol support availability varies by the product. Check the product specification before purchasing.